Yazz Ahmed

Name: Yazz Ahmed — A Paradise in the Hold
Start: 2026-11-07T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-07T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Amare Studio

A Paradise in the Hold

Sat 7 Nov / 20:00 - 21:30

Sat 7 Nov ’26

20:00 - 21:30

Sat 7 Nov ’26

20:00 - 21:30

Amare Studio

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Following the international success of La Saboteuse and Polyhymnia, "The High Priestess of Psychedelic Arabic Jazz" returned in February 2025 with her fourth studio album, released on the groundbreaking label Night Time Stories. Her career is rich in collaborations with renowned artists such as Radiohead, LeeScratch Perry, Transglobal Underground, Arturo O’Farrill, Natacha Atlas, These New Puritans, and Obongjayar.

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Hailed as one of the most influential trumpet players of her generation, Yazz is an Ivor Novello award winning composer making sweeping epics, rich with storytelling, which depict evocative ancient worlds & mythological muses.

Her career is studded with high profile collaborations and commissions for Blue Note Records, Adult Swim and WOMAD. Yazz garnered multiple rave reviews & awards with LaSaboteuse (2017) & Polyhymnia (2019), featuring her own brand of cutting-edge psychedelic-Arabic-jazz.

In 2020 Downbeat Magazine named her as an artist set to shape the future of jazz over the next decade. Her fourth studio album, A Paradise in the Hold, the latest chapter in the unfolding narrative of her works, divesdeeper into her dual heritage, coming up with a treasure trove that draws on traditional music & stories from her childhood. The album introduces the voice into her compositional palate, with lyrics reflecting her own musings, daydreams & reflections on Bahraini folklore.

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“If my first album, 2011’s Finding My Way Home, represents the first steps on this path then with A Paradise In The Hold, I’ve arrived at a deeper understanding of how my British and Bahraini heritage can co-exist, in personal as well as musical terms.” - Yazz Ahmed